Movies like The 7th Dawn
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The 7th Dawn (1964)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
Style:
exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, jungle, military, politics, british empire, wilderness, battles, british colonialism, war, psychopath, heroes, friendship, betrayal, friends, soldier, terrorism, captivity, a.i., anti war, escapades, rivalry, starting over, moral dilemma, political unrest, wartime life ...
Place:
asia, russia, malaysia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about military, heroes, war, soldier, battles, danger and escapades mostly in War, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The 7th Dawn: War Hunt (1962), Tango Charlie (2005), Merrill's Marauders (1962), The Devil's Brigade (1968), Back Door to Hell (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the Korean War. The interaction between two of the soldiers...an idealistic newcomer and a psychotic who goes on one-man patrols slitting enemy throats under cover of night...and the orphan boy ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, emotional, rough ...
Plot:
korean war, world war two, psychopath, battles, stalking, orphan, innocence lost, lone wolves, idealism, military, army investigation, obsession ...
Time:
50s, year 1953
Place:
korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Indian Army Sepoy Tarun Chauhan is assigned to proceed to Northeastern part of India that has been rocked by riots and violence with orders to report to his superior, Havaldar Mohammed Ali. Once there, he comes to know that things can be quiet for ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot:
war, terrorism, rescue, anti war, heroes, soldier, fight club, politics, battlefield, military, confined, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind Japanese lines across Burma to Myitkyina, pushing beyond their limits and fighting ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, rough, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, military, jungle, battles, soldier, swamp, injustice, campaign, chaos, battle zone, heroic mission ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
burma, japan, asia, pacific ocean, southeast asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
1968 American war film about the formation and first mission of the joint Canadian-American WWII special forces winter and mountain unit formally called 1st Special Service Force, but commonly known as “The Devil’s Brigade”. The film ...
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exciting, realistic, tense, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, military, war, commando, visceral, battles, betrayal, heroes, espionage, escapades, military life, anti war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
italy, tokyo, california, rome italy, norway ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During WWII, a three-man commando team places its trust in the hands of a band of Filipino resistors, as they try to knock out a Japenese communication center.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot:
world war two, espionage, war, anti war, escapades, mission, liberation, reconnaissance, battles, soldier, military life, wartime life ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the diary of an unknown Viet Cong soldier, this film provides a sympathetic look at a Viet Cong soldier who protected a captured American soldier whom he believed did not kill him when the American had the opportunity. Written by John ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
vietnam war, war, confined, captivity, military life, battles, life is a bitch, rebellion, on the run, espionage, anti war, wartime life ...
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
American troops storm ashore on a Japanese-held island and push inland while their enemies plan a counterattack in this look at warfare. Soldiers on both sides are haunted by memories of home and the horrifying, sickening images they find in combat.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, rough
Plot:
world war two, military, war, island, wartime, battles, soldier, anti war, flashback, japanese army, marine, pacific island ...
Place:
asia, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Style:
exciting, intense, tense, serious, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, island, military, behind enemy lines, german, suspense, nazi, resistance, mercenary, gunfight, battles ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
greece, germany, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A Marine unit on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines tries to hook up with local Filipino guerrillas.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, battles, superhero, soldier, heroes, military, war, escapades, race against time, daring rescue, infantrymen, island ...
Place:
the philippines, asia, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains.
Style:
realistic, bleak, sexy, light, compassionate ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
tank, desert, war, military, politics, world war two, soldier, vengeance, anti war, vietnam war, brutality, russian ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
afghanistan, russia, israel, vietnam, iraq ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Col. Carradine leads a group of American P.O.W.s, battling their way to freedom as Saigon falls to the Viet Cong.
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, bomb, helicopter, prisoner of war camp, jungle warfare, swat team, escape, battles, military, heroes, rescue, war ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1973, 70s
Place:
vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Human Shield is a 1991 film directed by Ted Post. It stars Michael Dudikoff and Tommy Hinkley. It is about a former government agent who must save his diabetic brother from Iraqi abductors.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue, terrorism, special agents, heroes, battles, confined, military, state affairs, brother brother relationship, rescue mission, revenge, suspense ...
Time:
90s, year 1985, year 1990
Place:
iraq, middle east, iran, baghdad iraq, jordan
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The film takes place aboard an American submarine in the Pacific during World War II. The sub's commander is ordered to stop and pick up an underwater demolition team led by Lt. Hayes, whose mission is to locate and destroy a US submarine ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
world war two, submarine, dream, love interest, fistfight, scuba diving, island, japanese soldier, ocean, battleship, battles, soldier ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of ...
Style:
epic, serious, realistic, exciting, bleak ...
Plot:
military, battles, imperialism, british empire, soldier, war, death, victory, army life, historical event, killing an animal, intrigue ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, courtroom drama, murder, legal investigation, soldier, dedicated lawyer, court martial, psychopath, power relations, politics, heroes, rebellion ...
Place:
india, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon after graduation. But when the horrors of war soon become too much to ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, sad, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot:
world war one, war, soldier, intrigue, world war two, military, battles, hospital, school, anti war, war hero, death of hero ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
europe, germany, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
world war two, politics, atomic bomb, terrorism, nuclear war, nuclear, surrender, catastrophe, disaster, white house, battles, war ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1945
Place:
hiroshima japan, usa, asia, new york, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The film is based on the eponymous book by Emmanuil Kazakevich. In the summer of 1944 the Nazi Armies prepare a massive Tank Division named 'Viking" for the offensive on occupied Russian land. The Russian Army's special group of seven ...
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, war, soldier, d day, battles, fall in love, military, battlefield, russian, soviet army, heroes, escapades ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the ...
Style:
exciting, intense, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
world war two, behind enemy lines, squad, redemption, war, military, soldier, gunfight, nazi, psychopath, machismo, suspense ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe, france, brittany, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Buzz Rickson is a dare-devil World War II bomber pilot with a death wish. Failing at everything not involving flying, Rickson lives for the most dangerous missions. His crew lives with this aspect of his personality only because they know he always ...
Style:
serious, realistic
Audience:
manly
Plot:
airplane, bomber, aviation, war, luftwaffe, wartime, aerial combat, pilot, courage, american, introspection, escapades ...
Place:
england, europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
People in a small German village in the last valley to remain untouched by the devastating Thirty Years' War try to exist in peace with a group of soldiers occupying the valley.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, sad ...
Plot:
village, battles, anti war, war, village life, society, heroes, rescue, military, chaos, suspense, german history ...
Time:
17th century, middle ages
Place:
germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The Cossacks of Eastern Europe join the Poles to rid the Turks from the Steps of Europe. In return for their aid, the Poles agree to give control of the Steps to the Cossacks. After the battle, however, the Poles back out of their agreement and ...
Style:
epic, serious, realistic, exciting, touching ...
Plot:
cossack, cavalry charge, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, world war two, ancient, horseman, ukrainian, battles, heroes, revolution, family relations ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
poland, ukraine, europe, russia, kiev ukraine ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Australia, Singapore
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An unlikely friendship between 2 young men becomes everything, when an Australian soldier takes refuge under the canopied jungles of Singapore, during the violent Japanese invasion in World War II. Jim is lost, injured and defenseless in a hostile, ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
jungle, world war two, survival, war, soldier, communication problem, military, chase, escape, suspense, very little dialogue, jungle adventure ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s
Place:
singapore, asia, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
world war two, military, war, battles, infantry, soldier, rebellion, military life, heroic mission, heroes, fighting the system, leadership ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
germany, europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, War, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Cruel captors of the war in the pacific.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, convent, battles, escapades, soldier, state affairs, military, war, heroes, political unrest, against the odds, mother superior ...
Time:
60s
Place:
the philippines, japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A motley group of Asian prisoners held in the US are given one chance for freedom. They are to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a secret depot of missles that the US left behind during the pull-out. The group, led by Lt. Lam and convict Tung, hook ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, military, battles, kung fu, war, military life, heroic mission, jungle, tough heroes, race against time, save the day, vietnam war ...
Time:
70s
Place:
vietnam, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Hornblower is given a dangerous mission to deliver an emigre French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, british navy, sea battle, military, espionage, war hero, rebellion, military life, sword fight, ship, escapades, heroes ...
Time:
19th century, georgian era
Place:
france, europe, english channel
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: UK, Denmark, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners.
Style:
bleak, rough, exciting, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
tank, world war two, eastern front, nazism, war, man on a mission, nazi, anti war, battles, soldier, sabotage, behind enemy lines ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
germany, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a ...
Style:
realistic, harsh, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, jungle, golf, survival, rescue, suspense, against the odds, daring rescue, soldier, battles ...
Place:
vietnam, iraq, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Captain Foster plans on raiding German-occupied Tobruk with hand- picked commandos, but a mixup leaves him with a medical unit led by a Quaker conscientious objector. Despite all odds they succeed with their mission. On the way they pick up and drug ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, war, tank, nazi, commando, battles, desert, british soldier, survival, prostitute, military, rescue ...
Time:
year 1943
Place:
africa, libya
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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